Clinton family foundation to restrict donors

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton’s family foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if she is elected president, and will bring an end to its annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting regardless of the outcome of the November election.

Former President Bill Clinton made the announcement at an afternoon meeting with foundation staff members.

Bill Clinton said the foundation plans to continue its work, but intends to refocus its efforts in a process that will take up to a year to complete. The former president, who turns 70 on Friday, said he will resign from the board, and the foundation will only accept contributions from U.S. citizens and independent charities.

It will no longer take money from any foreign entity, government, foreign or domestic corporations, or corporate charities.

At the staff meeting, Clinton said he and his daughter, Chelsea, did not face any external pressure to make the changes, but wanted to avoid any potential issues or second-guessing for Hillary Clinton should she move into the White House.

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Thistle

Oh, as President, it would make a difference.

As Secretary of State, pay for play was okay. It’s also okay now while she holds no office.

If it isn’t wrong for a SoS or now, why might it be questionable if some other condition occurs?

Another empty promise from a lying, corrupt psychopath.

xcalibur1066

She already tool the money.. she gets in the paybacks start. Obama did the same. Clinton will multiply that 10 fold.

Pinetree North

She must be pretty desperate to admit that taking the foreign and Wall Street donations is so wrong. Doesn’t she understand that’s exactly what she’s doing by making this pledge?

gadfly371

Closing the barn door after the horse got out? Too little, too late!

Pinetree North

Way too late, and way too many illegal foreign donations and Wall Street checks that have fueled the luxury Clinton lifestyle and campaign. Nobody needs a corrupt regime in the White House.

7T5IV

“the Clinton foundation will continue its work”…..which is what exactly?

Pinetree North

Funneling big money to the Clinton family and the campaign members.

Call-Sol

So who evaluates this work?….Haiti was a major fund raising tool, but Haiti is as bad as ever, so was the money effectively spent?

brunsk42

only If she agreed to a firing squad if the foundation continues to accept foreign donations if elected..

justanotherfakename

Now that they are swimming in ill begotten loot, now that they have all that foreign cash with expected paybacks, they righteously proclaim they will halt taking anymore questionable dough. Now that the horse is out of the barn, the barn burned down and horse dead and buried, now they will stop. What phonies. I know….Trump is bad, look at him. OK, Trump is a nightmare, and Clinton…? I trust her as far as I could throw her, and she’s pretty chunky.